MEMO-4 offers 150 manuscripts that form the collection of Rafi' Shamghudi (1863-1932), a famous scholar and bibliophile from Shangoda, a town in central Dagestan. The collection, which consists of texts in Arabic and Persian, includes copies from the Timurid period. All metadata is LoC-compliant

In collaboration with the Scientific Electronic Library (eLibrary.RU), the Russian Science Citation Index on Web of Science enables discovery of new insights from Russian publications.

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Kulʹtura (Culture) is an important Russian weekly newspaper previously published under the titles Rabochiĭ i iskusstvo (1929-1930), Sovetskoe iskusstvo (1931-1941), Literatura i iskusstvo (1942-1944), Sovetskoe iskusstvo (1944-1952) and Sovetskai͡a kulʹtura (1953-1991). Throughout the years the newspaper articles reviewed major events in Russian cultural life, in literature, theater, cinematography and arts. In the Soviet period it published critical diatribes against dissident writers Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Aksyonov and others, infamous articles condemning modern art exhibitions, chastising avant-guard composers and abstract painters. In modern Russia its reviews and event listings often focus on the cultural life of Moscow and regions, it is known for its topical commentaries on popular culture and politics.

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From the Baltic to the Balkans, and from Siberia to the Caucasus, the lands covered in this volume contain a multitude of cultures with rich and distinctive dress and textile traditions. However, tradition has not been the only factor shaping dress in the region. The contrast between ethnic and urban dress provides a revealing lens through which to consider individual and cultural identities throughout. Attitudes toward dress have also been shaped by socialism and its demise, as the former Eastern bloc states have undergone massive upheaval. This landmark volume is the first major reference work to provide a comprehensive overview of dress within this vast and complex region. Broad surveys of individual countries are supplemented with case studies focusing more narrowly on people, practices, and objects to provide both range and depth. The long tradition of exquisite embroidery is highlighted. The volume also has articles on the influence of the Ottoman Empire on this part of Europe, a discussion of Roma dress, and a snapshot on Balkan bandits. A pioneering, major reference work, East Europe, Russia, and the Caucasus also places dress within the political and sociocultural contexts that have shaped people and nations in this region.

Includes 94 reference guides for 31 federal and 63 regional Russian archives published from 1987 to 2008. Contains descriptions of about 160,000 archival collections containing social and political, historical, military and economic documents, materials on literature and arts, science and technology and many other materials.

Provides access to the catalogue of dissertations at the Russian State Library. This collection includes copies of dissertations in all fields of knowledge except medicine and pharmacy (which are kept in the Central State Medical and Scientific Library). Around 17,000 Candidate and 8,000 Doctorate dissertations are added every year.

Comprehensive bibliography of Russian printed works presented to the Russian Book Chamber. Provides access to books, newspapers, journals, book criticism and reviews, the arts, sheet music, dissertations and maps from over 20,000 publishers. Includes Cyrillic keyboard maps for standard keyboards.

• Izvestiia digital archive (DA-IZV)
• Literaturnaia Gazeta digital archive (DA-LG)
• Pravda digital archive DA-PRA)-- Kotobarabia Arabic E-Library (EB-KAEL)
• Kotobarabia Modern Arab Renaissance Collection (EB-KAMAR)
• Current digest of the Russian press (formerly Current digest of the Post-Soviet press) (UDB-CD)
• CIS & Baltic Periodicals (UDB-CS)
• Current digest of the Chinese press (UDB-CDCP)
• Russian central newspapers (UDB-COM)
• Social sciences & humanities (UDB-EDU)
• Governmental publications (UDB-GOV)
• International affairs (UDB-IA), Individual titles (UDB-IND)
• Moscow State University Herald (UDB-MGU)
• Military & Security Periodicals (UDB-MIL)
• Russian/NIS Newswires (UDB-NEWS)
• Jiefangjun Bao (PLA Daily) (UDB-PLA) --Russian Regional Newspapers (UDB-REG)
• Russia/NIS Statistical Publications (UDB-STAT-RUS)
• Ukrainian Publications (UDB-UKR)
• Vestnik Evropy (UDB-VE)
• Voprosy literatury: complete collection (UDB-VL).

• Russian central newspapers (Universal database of Russian central newspapers)
• Current digest of the Russian press (formerly Current digest of the Soviet press and Current digest of the Post Soviet press)
• Social sciences and humanities journals (Universal database of social sciences & humanities)

This database provides full text in-depth information from Russia and the former Soviet Union. Resources include newspapers, newswires, popular and scholarly periodicals, and governmentdocuments.

Ephemera produced by candidate campaigns, citizens, and the Russian government, harvested during and after the election period by East View on site.

Full-text electronic versions of major Russian and many NIS periodicals on the same day they are published. The Universal database includes archives of back issues of newspapers and journals, (some go back as far as 1996), and is a source for information on business, economics, domestic and foreign policy and important political events in Russia and the former Soviet Union.

Provides access to Russian government documents, stenographic records of Federation Council and Duma hearings, draft legislation, official resolutions, vote results and other papers of record.

Full-text electronic versions of essential Russian military and security publications from all branches of the armed forces. The documents are taken from both official and independent sources.

Full-text electronic versions of regional Russian newspapers. This database provides access to a variety of local news from the 54 regions of the Russian Federation, as well as depicting local reactions to national and international events.

Full-text electronic versions of major Russian periodicals on social sciences and humanities, comprising journals of the Russian Academy of Sciences, popular literary editions, and independent scholarly publications. The Universal database includes current issues as well as archives of back issues of journals, and is reproduced with original pagination.